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Communicating with historians

Published on Jun 09, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Communicating with historians

Isabel Holowaty
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I know my audience

Academics, ECRs, Visiting Scholars, PRGs, PGTs, UGs, Public
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I have a message

resources, trials, info skills & consultations, services, OA, citing, events, etc.
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I have my tools

termly CLiPS report & newsletter, noticeboards, posters, face-to-face
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more tools

Blog, FB, Twitter, email, RSS feeds, website, online chat, LibGuide, LibraryThing

What works best

Social media, SL poster, email, photo & face-to-face
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What works least best

website, printed newsletter
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Challenge 1: Access

mailing lists, display space, Faculty "space"
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Challenge 2: Time

to write, research, learn new skills, assess
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Plans & patterns

Termly & annual announcements, longer pieces of work, ad-hoc
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Tip 1: Timing

Regular & relevant
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Tip 2: Harvest content

CliPS report, enquiries, feedback, re-tweet, BodLibs Comms
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Tip 3: visually rich

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Tip 4: Tone

adapt right language and style
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Tip 5: Skills

IT, planning, 3 Cs (curiosity, creativity, courage), listening, sensitivity

Thank you

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